Other Craftalongs that may be of Interest:
Use Those Fabric Scraps Craftalong - Long Live Scraps!
Use the Good Stuff Craftalong
Use It or Lose it Sharing and Caring Gift-Along
October Prompts
Pattern: Intersecting Lines (plaid, webs, etc.)
For: Kids or the Young at Heart
Challenge: Is there a supply you are scared to use? Or maybe an intimidating pattern that you’ve bought the material for, you just haven’t screwed up the courage to start? You can do it! We are here to cheer you on.
Bonus Challenge: Three Quarters of the way through! How do you feel about your progress? What do you feel is your greatest strength so far and what do you want to focus on for the final stretch?
September Prompts
Color: Metallics
Pattern: Celestial
For: Your Work Space.
Challenge: Make a lot of one single thing. It’s always fun to see how the same item looks made with different colors/patterns/materials. And if you squirrel them away now they’ll be ready for gift giving later!
August Prompts
Color: Purple
Pattern: Curves and Swirls
For: Yourself. Make yourself a very merry UnBirthday Present. Especially if you normally craft for others. You deserve to enjoy the fruits of your labor.
Challenge: What supply has been in your stash the longest. It is time for it to finally shine! Alternatively, what is the oldest supply you have on hand, even if you have other items that have been in your stash longer. It is time to let these venerable bits and bobs have their day in the sun.
July Prompts
Color: Orange
Pattern: Scrappy
For: Travel
Challenge: Do you have any craft books on your shelves that you haven’t tried out yet? Perhaps it’s a binder full of patterns. Dust one off and give it a try!
Bonus Challenge: We’ve finished a half year of DeStashing at this point. How are those goals looking? For those who were hoping to reduce the size or volume of their stash, can you see any differences?
June Prompts
Color: Rainbow
Pattern: Animal Prints
For: Good Friends
Challenge: Time to pull out a portable project and craft out in the great wide world! Maybe knit at a coffee shop, or sketch in the park. If your crafts aren’t as easily transportable, maybe you can work in your garden or balcony, or just open a window for a breeze.
May Prompts
Color: Blue
Pattern: Honeycomb
For: Our Animal Friends - pets, shelter animals, forest friends, they’re all fair game!
Challenge: Have a supply that’s really cool, but you just don’t know what to make with it? Ask the Hive Mind in this thread! We’re sure to have ideas that will at least give you a bump start.
April Prompts
Color: Green
Pattern: Holes (lace? Grommets? Beads? Interpret this how you will.)
For: Use out of doors - interpret this as loosely or as strictly as you like. Maybe you can make something to decorate your garden, to tidy your shed, or travel with you in your car.
Challenge: Finish up a languishing Work In Progress. Or decide to finally consign it to oblivion and repurpose the supplies for something else fabulous. Just because it seemed like a good idea when you started it doesn’t mean that your vision or tastes haven’t changed in the meantime. Let go of the guilt, or make the final push so you can have something fabulous to enjoy!
Bonus Challenge: We just finished up the first quarter. How are your destash goals doing? Do you need to buckle down or are you feeling pretty good with how the year’s going so far? Is there any “invisible” progress to be proud of?
March Prompts
Color: Yellow
Pattern: Botanicals, inspired by growing things
For: Your home - inside, outside, work areas or cozy places, functional or decorative. Make something to use around the house.
Challenge: Do you have a signature craft technique or item that you are known for? Show it off to the rest of us! Share some of the background of why this is your go-to project/supply/skill.
February Prompts
Color: Red or Pink
Pattern: dots, spots, and circles
For: a loved one
Challenge: Is there a supply that you love so much that you can’t bring yourself to actually use? This is the month! Make something super special to showcase how wonderful that supply is and be sure to tell us its origin story and what you like so much about it.
January Prompts
Color: White/Clear
Pattern: Rows! Similar to stripes but with repeating images, motifs, or items
For: Fresh Starts and Blank Slates, orderliness, and ease
Challenge: Replace that old, ratty whatever with a newly made one. If something doesn’t fit – whether it’s too big, too long, too loose, too small, too short, too tight, or too not-the-right-style/look/vibe/color – modify it or create a new one that does fit the body, room, occasion, season, function, purpose.
Bonus Challenge: What are your DeStash Goals for this year? Is it to clear off a shelf? Save money? X number of items used or crafts made? A no or low buy? Let us know! We’ll have quarterly check-ins to see what sort of progress we’re all making. Feel free to introduce yourself, share your motivation, and/or pictures of your amazing stash!
